This past holiday season, I decided to take advantage of the fact we were going to host ALL of the gatherings and use it to as my inaugural pass at full-on cake decorating. I came up with a simple design (a present)and decided I would make it twice - 1 for each side of the family. Here's the pictorial "journey" if you will.
1 box worth of chocolate cake baked in a 8 X 13 and cut in half. Butter-cream vanilla frosting in between the layers - nice and thickly applied
Fresh cut strawberries - an extra touch. (Jenni's idea)
Dirty frosting layer.
Fondant. I bought the store-version (Wilton) I kneaded it then rolled it out using powdered sugar so it wouldn't stick to any surface. This took awhile.
Draped it over the cake - this was a tough step, I think I'll get better with practice.
I took the remaining fondant and died it red. This is hard too and required gloves so I wouldn't have red hands well into the spring.
Rolled it out and began to cut strips to make the ribbon.
Began draping and adhering the ribbon to the cake with butter-cream.
Died the remaining butter-cream to pipe on accents to the finished cake.
There you have it. I think it was a good start. I liked using Fondant but I need to find a better tasting option. I knew going into it that the store-bought stuff is not yummy. Making my own sounds DAUNTING but we'll see what happens. Better fondant might also be slightly easier to manipulate as well. I will blog about my next endeavor - which was supposed to be a Valentines Day cake - but I haven't even created a design yet and we're like 2 weeks away. Maybe St. Patty's Day... ;)
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